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“I think that’s a huge part of it,” Infante said when I asked how much economics has shaped the narrative around Gen Z and alcohol.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In Episode 1, you’ll hear how Gorsuch’s worldview was shaped by his iconoclastic mother, his reaction to life on a liberal college campus, and by young conservative movements of the 1980s.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
He says the film was "shaped" by these young people he met - such that he gave two of them roles in it.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In that vein, the imagination as shaped by fiction is not focused on what divides but rather on what unites, even if the story depicts acts of brutality or oppression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Grim, Father and Caesar look warily at the black line, shaped like a twisting, haunting overgrown snake.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
